NFL analyst: Jerry Jones’ idea that Cowboys can cater offense more for Tony Romo is ‘preposterous’

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Published: 23 March 2013 06:55 PM

Updated: 23 March 2013 08:29 PM

NFL analyst Ed Werder joined Fitzsimmons and Durrett on KESN-FM this week to talk about the Dallas Cowboys’ upcoming season. Here are some highlights:

On the craziest thing Jerry Jones said at NFL owners meetings:

I think the most mind-boggling comment he made was that it’s time for Tony Romo not to be a bus driver anymore. I mean, he hasn’t been a bus driver since Bill Parcells pulled out of Dallas. The guy threw for almost 5,000 yards last year and among NFL quarterbacks in terms of passing attempts at home, he was the NFL leader. He averaged almost 50 passes a game. So I don’t think Tony Romo by any means is any more a bus driver, and to believe that they can structure an offense around him that will allow him more opportunities to dominate games is preposterous. I think they need to do exactly the opposite.

On how Cowboys players will react to Jerry’s implication that the coaches are to blame for misusing Tony Romo:

I think part of the problem at Valley Ranch continues to be the inability of players to be held accountable for their own performances and for their own failures. And I think we’ve seen that far too often. That aspect of it becomes even more difficult when the coach, in the eyes of the players, being somewhat diminished by some of the off-season moves and the perception that Jason didn’t put his own coaching staff together and has been put on notice by Jerry.

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